President Nixon held a brief communication with the White House operator from his office in the Old Executive Office Building. The interaction served as a routine administrative exchange to facilitate connectivity for the President's ongoing telephone calls. No substantive policy discussions or major decisions were recorded during this brief technical engagement.
On May 9, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon and the White House operator met in the President's office in the Old Executive Office Building at an unknown time between 10:58 am and 11:07 am. The Old Executive Office Building taping system captured this recording, which is known as Conversation 338-005 of the White House Tapes.
Nixon Library Finding AidConversation No. 338-5 Date: May 9, 1972 Time: Unkown between 10:58 and 11:07 am Location: Executive Office Building The President talked with the White House operator. [See Conversation No. 24-37]
No transcript is available for this conversation. The audio may not contain audible speech, or the recording may not yet have been processed.